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Australian passport renewal
Submit 17.01.24
Delivered 23.01.24
Submit 17.01.24
Delivered 23.01.24
It is a pretty damming report. Processing times blew out with only 54% of passports meeting the 10 day turnaround in 2021-22.Passport Office mismanaged 'pent up demand' for travel documents, audit finds
The Passport Office will overhaul its passport application processes after an audit finds it knew there would be a surge in demand for passports after the pandemic, and should have planned for it.www.abc.net.au
I guess we knew they weren’t organized
Did you have to send your AU passport as well or is that only for first time applicants?As a follow up to this, I have just renewed my UK passport by post from Sydney and the key dates were;
9 January - applied online
10 January - posted old passport to UK using regular post
26 January - passport office acknowledges receipt
30 January - passport approved
31 January - passport printed and posted
5 February - passport received via DHL courier
So the biggest delay seems to be the postal service. Once the passport was received processing was pretty quick.
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No I never mentioned my AU passport.Did you have to send your AU passport as well or is that only for first time applicants?
I renewed my British passport in June 2023 and the online application asked me to send a photocopy of my Australian passport.Did you have to send your AU passport as well or is that only for first time applicants?
That is because you said you had one. On the other hand if you forget to mention it .......I renewed my British passport in June 2023 and the online application asked me to send a photocopy of my Australian passport.
Well I could hardly complain about the processing time. We received a notification this morning that our new passports have been posted. So a less than 6 working days turn-around.WE have just put our renewal in this morning. It will be interesting to see the turn around time.
As a follow up to this, I have just renewed my UK passport by post from Sydney and the key dates were;
9 January - applied online
10 January - posted old passport to UK using regular post
26 January - passport office acknowledges receipt
30 January - passport approved
31 January - passport printed and posted
5 February - passport received via DHL courier
So the biggest delay seems to be the postal service. Once the passport was received processing was pretty quick.
YesOur passports arrived this morning,19/2, after the application was lodged on Thursday 8th Feb. I don't see how anyone could really complain too much about that turnaround time.
Our Passport Numbers begin with RA. For some reason I had not realised that each page now shows Australian landmarks.
My only problem is - who is that bald old man staring out from the various photographs?
Once paperwork was submitted properly (ie all the nit-picking squared away), it only took a couple of weeks. (despite being based in Alice Springs)Has anyone renewed a child's passport lately? How long did it take? Thanks!
Slightly OT, I wonder if passports will go the way of driver licence renewal where they just use previous photo?Yes
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And weirdly — all photos now look more B&W than color
I had a look and the reason for the B&W effect is because they are now "laser-engraved" rather than printed with inks. Apparently for increased security. I can remember that in Customs we had people who were trained in all sorts of methods to detect fake or tampered passports - UV light etc. This new method apparently makes it a lot harder to tamper with the photo.Yes
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And weirdly — all photos now look more B&W than color